英国作家狄更斯在《双城记》的开篇中写道:It was the best of times，it was the worst of times，it was the age of wisdom，it was the age of foolishness，it was the epoch of belief，it was the epoch of incredulity，it was the season of Light，it was the season of Darkness，it was the spring of hope，it was the winter of despair，we had everything before us，we had nothing before us，we were all going direct to Heaven，we were all going direct the other way—
经典之所以成为经典，一定是从开篇起就悄然埋下了种子。12本经典名著的精彩开场白，看完你会不会有想阅读全书的欲望？《傲慢与偏见》（英）简・奥斯汀“但凡财运俱佳的单身汉，必然想娶妻成家，这是举世公认的道理。
原文是:It was the best of times， it was the worst of times， it was the age of wisdom， it was the age of foolishness， it was the epoch of belief， it was the epoch of incredulity， it was the season of Light， it was the season of Darkness.
1，颜值 Face score俗话说，这是最好的时代，因为要看脸;这是最坏的时代，因为要看脸!颜控(face obsessed)和外貌党们(face-judgers)很赞同这个说法滴。一起来花痴下老干部小鲜肉们的盛世美颜!
二十年前我们主要的交流方式是依靠固定电话，只有部分家庭安装了台式电脑和有线宽带，手机是少数行业的高配和个体老板暴发户的象征，那时候接听外地电话都需要掏钱，电视上的通讯商广告还是葛大爷的“神州行，我看行”和全球通套餐，在那个人均月工资普遍在千元左右的年代，如果一个人出门在外有长途和漫游，一个月的话费动辄数百元，那是普通老百姓家庭负担不起的。我很喜欢这部电影的英文名字:THE BEST IS YET TO COME。
在达沃斯论坛，习主席引用了狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的名句：这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代(it was the best of times, it was the worst of times)。
